"Baby Organ Harvesting Black Market Live Stream" is the name of my new screechcore band. We do acoustic covers of Abba with an MTG impersonator as the lead singer. Loads of fun!
The thing that I find most incredible is how we've seen the evangelicals go from not really caring about abortion to being virulently anti-abortion in a single generation.
My memory on this is a little spotty, but in general it goes like this:
In the 60s, the white protestants didn't really care much about aboriton. They considered it to be mostly a "Catholic issue". But don't commend them for that. Because at the time, they were more focused on things like maintaining segregation, banning interracial marriages, and other racist shit.
However, they were finding that this wasn't landing like it used to. Open racism of that kind was starting to be a losing position in the public opinion. So a few folks like Falwell and Paul Weyrich, hit on the idea of demonizing abortion. They could claim the moral high ground in the name of "saving innocent babies" to win votes, then using their position to push the racist policies they really wanted.
And when this started to be effective, evangelical organizations (and the Religious Right when it formed) become wholly anti-abortion and started to pretend like this had always been their stance. And so they still do today, acting like they have always been against it, rather than something they decided on 50 years ago.
Anti-abortion was just a way to stop Jimmy Carter from winning a 2nd term. They never gave 2 shits about the dead babbies, it was about keeping the schools segregated and stopping the momentum of integration successes (few, but growing)... in other words, racists gonna racist and liars gonna lie... and Paul Weyrich was a racist liar and so began the religious right's crusade against a 6 year old Supreme Court ruling... RvW.
Lots to unpack here. What Robyn doesn't mention is that besides being sued by Planned Parenthood, David Daleiden was charged with several felonies related to his shenanigans. I don't clearly remember the final disposition of those charges. I think he took a plea deal reducing his charges to misdemeanors, and he had to pay fines and do probation. Btw, he was a one-time associate of Lila Rose, founder of "Live Action", a knock-off of James O'Keefe's, um, enterprises.
"Pro-life Democrat", huh. Back in the 1980s and 1990s, a few Democrats identified as "pro-life" to keep their seats if nothing else. They never did much of anything about abortion except to obstruct any legislation meant to support reproductive rights. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania is one such example. It's his name on the Supreme Court decision "Casey v. Planned Parenthood", which narrowly upheld abortion rights.
And now today, we all are realizing that despite 50+ years of anti-abortion propaganda (read: lies), a substantial majority of Americans support abortion rights and this support has been stable and reliable. Look what happened in red states where abortion rights was put to a vote. The result was overwhelming victories for reproductive rights.
Used to be, even pro-choice politicians would pussy-foot around the issue. Now it is common knowledge that the anti-abortion movement is deeply unpopular, these politicians are free to express their support for reproductive rights, and more importantly, to take action on their support.
PA has some odd ways. While Casey is a conservative Dem, Arlen Specter, a former senator was a liberal Dem, then liberal Repub, then liberal Dem again...
''Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican from 1965 until 2009, when he switched back to the Democratic Party. First elected in 1980, he was the longest-serving senator from Pennsylvania, having represented the state for 30 years..'' Wikipedia
I remember once a bunch of us had biked out from Madison to some small town 20 miles away. One of us gazed down the street for a moment and asked, "Hey, do you think you can get an Old Style in this town?" We all looked and laughed -- just on the two visible blocks, there were five taverns, each sporting a lit-up "Old Style" sign.
Republicans sure do love them some unwanted babies and dead fetuses. I’d say they are creepy weirdos who are all confused and full of directionless rage, but I don’t wanna be rude.
"Baby Organ Harvesting Black Market Live Stream" is the name of my new screechcore band. We do acoustic covers of Abba with an MTG impersonator as the lead singer. Loads of fun!
Jeez, these people.
Also, Go Team Venture!
Pizzagate.
They'll pry my adrenochrome out of my cold, dead hands!!
A still from the Venture Brothers??!! ❤
Brought to you by ... smoking!
The thing that I find most incredible is how we've seen the evangelicals go from not really caring about abortion to being virulently anti-abortion in a single generation.
My memory on this is a little spotty, but in general it goes like this:
In the 60s, the white protestants didn't really care much about aboriton. They considered it to be mostly a "Catholic issue". But don't commend them for that. Because at the time, they were more focused on things like maintaining segregation, banning interracial marriages, and other racist shit.
However, they were finding that this wasn't landing like it used to. Open racism of that kind was starting to be a losing position in the public opinion. So a few folks like Falwell and Paul Weyrich, hit on the idea of demonizing abortion. They could claim the moral high ground in the name of "saving innocent babies" to win votes, then using their position to push the racist policies they really wanted.
And when this started to be effective, evangelical organizations (and the Religious Right when it formed) become wholly anti-abortion and started to pretend like this had always been their stance. And so they still do today, acting like they have always been against it, rather than something they decided on 50 years ago.
Anti-abortion was just a way to stop Jimmy Carter from winning a 2nd term. They never gave 2 shits about the dead babbies, it was about keeping the schools segregated and stopping the momentum of integration successes (few, but growing)... in other words, racists gonna racist and liars gonna lie... and Paul Weyrich was a racist liar and so began the religious right's crusade against a 6 year old Supreme Court ruling... RvW.
There's actually a Lauren Handy?
'Cuz there is also a Lauren Handy in Congress...
Any relation to Laurel & Hardy?
Not for much longer, we hope.
Lots to unpack here. What Robyn doesn't mention is that besides being sued by Planned Parenthood, David Daleiden was charged with several felonies related to his shenanigans. I don't clearly remember the final disposition of those charges. I think he took a plea deal reducing his charges to misdemeanors, and he had to pay fines and do probation. Btw, he was a one-time associate of Lila Rose, founder of "Live Action", a knock-off of James O'Keefe's, um, enterprises.
"Pro-life Democrat", huh. Back in the 1980s and 1990s, a few Democrats identified as "pro-life" to keep their seats if nothing else. They never did much of anything about abortion except to obstruct any legislation meant to support reproductive rights. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania is one such example. It's his name on the Supreme Court decision "Casey v. Planned Parenthood", which narrowly upheld abortion rights.
And now today, we all are realizing that despite 50+ years of anti-abortion propaganda (read: lies), a substantial majority of Americans support abortion rights and this support has been stable and reliable. Look what happened in red states where abortion rights was put to a vote. The result was overwhelming victories for reproductive rights.
Used to be, even pro-choice politicians would pussy-foot around the issue. Now it is common knowledge that the anti-abortion movement is deeply unpopular, these politicians are free to express their support for reproductive rights, and more importantly, to take action on their support.
PA has some odd ways. While Casey is a conservative Dem, Arlen Specter, a former senator was a liberal Dem, then liberal Repub, then liberal Dem again...
''Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican from 1965 until 2009, when he switched back to the Democratic Party. First elected in 1980, he was the longest-serving senator from Pennsylvania, having represented the state for 30 years..'' Wikipedia
oh good. David Daleiden is involved. what could *possibly* go wrong?
Ta, Robyn. The grift goes on.
Voltaire famously once said
"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it."
But I doubt if he ever envisioned anyone as ridiculous as MTG.
Sadly, being ridiculous doesn't seem to be inconveniencing them in any way.
It's pretty much the entire republican platform.
Ridiculous. Do you know how many fetus livers it would take to make a single kabob?
20, same as downtown
One nice thing about Wisconsin is there are more bars in small towns in Wisconsin than churches.
Been hearing some of the bars in downtown Milwaukee are closing down the week of the R convention.
I remember once a bunch of us had biked out from Madison to some small town 20 miles away. One of us gazed down the street for a moment and asked, "Hey, do you think you can get an Old Style in this town?" We all looked and laughed -- just on the two visible blocks, there were five taverns, each sporting a lit-up "Old Style" sign.
Pat McCurdy (a native) says it best. Sex and Beer!
https://youtu.be/ETXvW0hWww4?si=Q1k8W3Vzt0-QSVZf
Another nice thing about Wisconsin is it's about 2000 miles from me
Hey, we're not all bad!
Can confirm by watching WI DUI Bodycams
From "Girl with the Dogs", a husky dog makeover:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnD9D2suoAw
i can't believe i sat thru that, but what a good boy.
Ditto
Republicans sure do love them some unwanted babies and dead fetuses. I’d say they are creepy weirdos who are all confused and full of directionless rage, but I don’t wanna be rude.
women, on the other hand, are expendable.
Nah. Unwanted babies are not an R concern.
Apparently wanted ones are a problem too.
Forget about El Niño. La Niña is coming:
https://www.mlive.com/weather/2024/03/confidence-grows-on-el-nino-ending-quickly-replaced-with-la-nina.html?utm_source=custom-alerts&utm_medium=email
What abouit Nino Tempo & April Stevens??
I wish I weren't old enough to get that, but...alas, I am.
Here ya go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=024K8QMK0Jk
Merci bien!